Solo Dirt, bugs and trees. Caiyha's embrace never felt so good.

After a few days of working in the city, Nanak decides to go and.. Find himself in the wilds of his home.

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Dirt, bugs and trees. Caiyha's embrace never felt so good.

Postby Nanak on November 18th, 2013, 11:03 pm

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5th Fall, 513 AV:
Syna was high in the sky, the Jungle of Falyndar was a burst with life. Creatures of all shapes and sizes filled the grounds and trees of Caiyha's world. The rustling of plants and thudding of feet pounding on dried mud could be heard from quite a distance, a young Myrian busted out of a thick pile of brush. He quickly climbed up thick roots of one of the huge trees that formed the jungle. He crouched on the top placing on of his hands against the trunk. Sweat dripped from his forehead, he panted with his tongue hanging out of his mouth. It had been a few days since he left Taloba, spending most of his time training and helping inside the city. He started feeling trapped, so he decided to get out. Hunt, fight, run and explore in the jungle home that he so humbly claimed. This was his world and he enjoyed every minute of it. He walked down off of the roots and back onto the mud. He knelt close to the ground, a weird reptilian footprint had dried in the mud. He brushed the twigs and fallen leaves away from the print. The jungle was filled with reptiles, but the foot print was bigger then any lizard he could think of. He sat on the balls of his feet, he looked around. Wondering how much trouble he could get himself into by following these tracks. For all he knew it could be something that could very well kill him. It could be watching him now, he sent a quick prayer to Caiyha for guidance through her jungle before standing up and following the tracks. He went over another thick, tangles group of roots and other plant life. Constantly ducking towards the ground to look for more tracks. He made his way to an open clearing. He looked around and saw nothing but plants, he could hear the calling of a few hundred different birds. He ducked down, once again resting on the balls of his feel. He looked around, seeing no sign of the tracks. He groaned and jumped back up, landing flat on his feet.
'Was it here' he wondered, his eyes darted from side to side, scanning the horizon. He say nothing, he groaned and walked over to one of the trees on the edges of the clearing. He slid down its huge trunk, resting against it. Sweat dripped off his forehead, he growled under his breath. "Petching thing. Where is it" he groaned to himself, he pulled his axe from the place it hung at his side turning it over in his hand. He flung it into the ground. It stuck the handle pointing towards him. He pondered his next move, he had lost a target he never really had in the first place. He could go to the river and see if he could catch anything, or he could head back to the city. Having nothing to show for his adventure he shook off his last idea. He would find his pray and bring it back to his clan, or at least some part of it.

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Postby Nanak on November 18th, 2013, 11:44 pm

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Resting high above him on one of the lower hanging branches was a Ixam. It looked down at the Myrian with little interest. Its pack was resting in the tree around him, it didn't feel threatened by the Myrian. Nanak sat below rubbing some dirt in his hands. He was enjoying the filtered sunlight that the canopy gave him. He sighed after a few ticks, standing back up he began walking again. Agouti dashed from the Myrians feet, dashing to and from in the large brush that covered the floor. Nanak wondered if he could possibly get his hands on one, maybe stun one with his axe and snap its next. He watched the speed of the little creatures and there ability to navigate the brush. He growled and continued his dangerous trek through the wilds. He crouched low coming towards a river, a place for creature to be drinking. Unknowing creatures that he could take down and take back to Taloba with pride. But with these simple creatures, there also laid fierce predators. Crocs that could rip him to shreds in a matter of ticks or a panther laying in the trees ready to pounce for its evening meal. He slowly walked, scanning the ground and trees for any sort of danger. He kept low in the brush, hiding himself from the surrounding world. He stopped when he came across a prize worth taking. In front of him was a herd of Okapi, they drank from the river and ate a few of the plants that grew on the river bed. He watched them, trying to keep calm as he waited for a chance to strike. He pondered if he should try to get closer and risk the chance of spooking the animals. He gritted his teeth in anticipation, his patience growing thin as he watched his pray. A certain bloodlust filling his eyes as he watched and waited, his fingers clutching along the handle of his axe. One of the animals raised its head in a alert way, it looked around like it had heard something. The rest of the Okapi took notice and slowly backed away from the river towards Nanak. He watched ready for his chance to strike as soon as one got close enough. Not a few ticks later, water burst up from the river. Splashing onto the shore and a loud bone crushing chomp sounded through the jungle reverbing off of the trees. Nanak watched as he saw and heard the Okapi sound off in terror and darted straight towards him, all except one who was being dragged into the water. Its hind legs gripped in the death-like grasp of the croc that had grabbed it, blood of the okapi flowed onto the shore as it inched towards the water. In his own fear and excitement of the attack from the croc, Nanak nearly forgot about the now stampeding okapi that were heading towards him. He leaned onto the balls of his feet, his axe ready. He leapt onto the back of a okapi that ran next to him, it bleated in fear causing the others to dash to ether side of him. He wrapped an arm around its neck as it bounced and turned to try and throw Nanak off of its back. He raised his axe, bringing it down on the back of the animals neck. The axe blade dug into the animals neck, sending it to the ground. Nanak quickly turned saddling the okapi's side and bringing the axe up again. He slammed it down into the animals skull silencing it once and for all.
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Postby Nanak on November 19th, 2013, 12:43 am

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His hands brushed over the two wounds, blood smearing on his hands. He smiled at his fresh kill, he hooked his axe back into his loin cloth. He pulled the okapi up and onto his shoulders, he turned and began to walk back towards Taloba. He keep and eye on his surrounding to the best of his ability as his pride filled his chest. There was a strong chance he could be attacked by a wild cat or another giant reptilian beast looking for an easy meal. He would only have a moment to decide rather to fight or not. He walked quickly, trying to keep his balance of the rough terrain that he had to venture over. He stepped over roots and fallen trees, and under low hanging branches. The jungle was still busy, life went on even after the Okapi's had freaked out. There was little disturbance in the natural way of life in the jungle, the birds still sang and the bugs still buzzed. He enjoyed his time in nature, even though he had lost his first target, he had gotten luck. If through the blessing of the goddess' or just sheer luck. He had found a pack and took advantage of a rather dangerous situation. He could have been trampled over by the okapi, though not very massive the sheer amount of them could have left him crippled and left in a very bad situation. Still, he was a live with something to bring home. He stopped and wiped the sweat off of his forehead. He licked his fingers that were covered in the blood of his kill. He took this moment to rest and thank the goddess' for the kill.
"Praise be to the goddess', Goddess Myri for the strength to bring down this animal, Goddess Caiyha for the gift of this creature and the crocodile for the opportunity to get a kill and Goddess Dira for the swift death I could give this animal." he said nodding his head after each small prayer and picked up the okapi again. He continued his trek through the warm embrace of Caiyha's jungle. His smile played wide across his face, his axe handle bounced at his side with every step. He was proud of himself, today was a worth while day. He brought home a kill, and could possibly make something out of this animals hide. He hadn't let a day, that Myri blessed him with, go to waste with a pointless track that led to nothing. He couldn't take all the credit, he felt that the Goddess' offered him this animal and for that he was thankful.

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Dirt, bugs and trees. Caiyha's embrace never felt so good.

Postby Traverse on June 16th, 2014, 12:22 pm

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Nanak

Skill XP Earned
Endurance 1 XP
Hand Axe1 XP
Hunting 2 XP
Observation 3 XP
Running 1 XP


Lores Earned
Finding Large Reptilian Tracks
Agouti: Agile Prey
Contemplating the Dangers of the Jungle Wilds
Taking Advantage of Distracted Prey



Additional Notes :
A nice short little thread. In the future it helps when reading these posts if they're broken up into smaller paragraphs, though the posts aren't too long that it's an issue, a sheer wall of text can be pretty daunting on the eyes with no breaks in it.

This was a fun little trip with Nanak and I enjoyed the read, in the future though remember to play to your skill level. Throwing an axe accurately is much harder than simply chopping and hacking with it, for Nanak to take down an Okapi in almost a single hit from a single throwing axe is well beyond 10 pts in the skill.


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